ESPN 24-hours of college basketball kickoff includes Baylor vs. UConn

Baylor plays Connecticut in the sole women’s matchup of the 20 live college basketball games featured in ESPN’s third annual College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon on Tuesday, November 16. Coverage will be spread across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPN3.com.

The games will tip off every two hours beginning at midnight ET with a men’s game, Miami at Memphis. The two-time defending  national cham… Read more

NCAA releases Academic Progress Rates for Division I women’s basketball coaches

The NCAA released its first Academic Progress Rate report on coaches in six sports including women’s basketball. A searchable database of every single Division I coach is available on the NCAA’s website. The release of the statistics is meant to cr… Read more

Lady Vol Amber Gray to transfer, will resume playing basketball at Xavier

Lady Vol redshirt sophomore Amber Gray is reportedly in the midst of transferring from Tennessee to Xavier University, where she will play basketball.

Sources outside the university say that Gray, who was not cleared to play by UT after suffering a brain aneurys… Read more

Lady Vol Amber Gray not cleared to play

Last summer University of Tennessee women’s basketball player Amber Gray underwent shoulder surgery. The medical procedure led to the discovery of a brain aneurysm and the freshman underwent an extensive recovery period.

Tuesday, Tennessee released… Read more

Big 12 champion Texas A&M releases non-conference slate

Of the 13 teams the reigning Big 12 champion Texas A&M will face in its non-conference schedule, 11 advanced to postseason play last season.

A&M will compete in two of fall women’s basketball tournaments in the country – the Jimmy V Women’s Basketball Cla… Read more

Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announces the Class of 2011

The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Class of 2011 during "WNBA vs. USA Basketball: The Stars at the Sun Game" Saturday at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut. The six members of the Class of 2011 are:

• Val Ackerman (contributor,

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Baylor and UConn to meet November 16, Baylor vs. Tennessee on December 14

Baylor is set to meet reigning national champion Connecticut this season on November 16. The Lady Bears will also match up against four other teams that saw 2010 NCAA Tournament action: Tennessee, Liberty, Notre Dame and Michigan State.

“We have assembled the to… Read more

Oregon State hires Scott Rueck to replace LaVonda Wagner

After a year of turmoil, including a mass exodus of players and the firing of the women’s basketball head coach, Oregon State hired Scott Rueck to replace LaVonda Wagner. Wagner, who was fired “without cause” on June 1 after reportedly cultivating a cultur… Read more

Feature report: The rise of club ball and its effect on recruiting and high school teams

Several nights a week all spring and most of summer, they are there at the gym practicing: layup and box-out drills, running plays, practicing transition and defense – all to the soundtrack of their own squeaking shoes on the hardwood.

Then there are the twi… Read more

Video: Complete press conference of Debbie Yow being named AD at NCSU

Video: NC State University Communications

On Friday, June 25, North Carolina State named Debbie Yow, a native of the state, director of athletics. Yow is the sister of the late Kay Yow, who coached the university’s women’s basketball program for 34… Read more